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My journey around the world is over. I returned home safe and sound. It will take me a while to bring you all amazing adventures I had, to share pictures and videos so let me just share some highlights of this journey. Slow travel Telling the truth, this was the best part of the whole plan: do it slowly, so as a result I stayed more than 2 weeks in the same place, with the exception of Hong Kong. It worked really well. Two weeks is ... Read more

“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.” This quote from J.R.R. Tolkien masterpiece came to my mind the moment I saw Shaun. He was sitting there in one of the cafes of North Shore of Auckland waiting for me. And I ... Read more

Flowers in my hair came a little bit late on this journey but when they eventually came they were spectacular! Instead of buying a lousy rose in San Francisco I waited until coming to Rarotonga. This tiny island is a major hub to all Cook Islands and few other countries in South Pacific. This was the first time I went to a paradise like island and let me tell you this: it’s not the easiest journey I made! I will start my ... Read more

I always wanted to travel around the world. It was very close last year when I traveled to New Zealand and back. But this year I am literally traveling around the world. The journey starts this Saturday in Paris and will end in February 2015. I am beyond excited to share this news with you and I am anxiously looking forward to this journey. Travel around the world should be epic. Not only because of places you visit but for two ... Read more

Right. It’s just getting impossible to follow, isn’t it? I mean, I got confused myself in this guest post story… Suddenly all my guest posts and other bloggers’ posts are being published in one week! Crazy stuff but I love it. I really appreciate each and every opportunity to look back, to assess my experience again, to look at my adventure from perspective. It allows me to discover precious things that ... Read more

Saying that New Zealand has amazingly beautiful beaches is trivial but SO true! Quite obviously island has a long coastline and many beaches along it. What is so special about beaches in New Zealand? Variety! You find pretty much everything here: rocky beaches, sandy ones, beaches full of wild animals and also cliffs which means no beach at all. I thought that one gallery with most beautiful beaches of New Zealand will do the trick ... Read more

Lakes are one of the most spectacular elements of the New Zealand landscape. Each of them has its own characteristic: size, shape, color, mountain rage surrounding them, beaches and roads. This gallery shows few of the New Zealand lakes. My favorite one is Lake Pukaki- the one colored with impossible turquoise. The water of this lake is milky: you cannot see the bottom even close to the shore. Its color is a result minerals eroded ... Read more

The story behind this post is pretty dramatic: since 36h I have no electricity at home thanks to Xaver and my previous- almost ready!- post was deleted along the big blackout. So, I’m writing it all over again. Hopefully it’ll be good and funny as intended. Just like millions people around the world I am a huge fan of J.R.R. Tolkien, no surprises here. My favorite book is Sillmarilion- the one my best friend gave me ... Read more

Flying is fun! I really enjoy planes and airports. This is where you feel the travel heat. People are in rush or sleeping all over the place, depending on the weather conditions (hurricanes, volcano eruptions etc.) but airports are really fascinating places. I have my favorite ones and the ones I hate. This time, however, I flied with Air New Zealand for the first time and it was a very pleasant experience. Itinerary My journey ... Read more